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Doing some desk spring cleaning with a few notes to pass along:
-- It was a year ago this month that the power plant project was scrubbed in Renovo, primarily due to "outside" influences and a handful of objecting locals. We -- and others -- have not given up on trying to work with and for the Renovo area.
Some of the people against the project talked of coming up with some ideas for the railroad site/Renovo, but I've heard nothing but crickets. It is easy to be against something and throw stones and duck.
-- Brodart closed its library furnishings building in Sweeney Park in McElhattan, and has sold the equipment to Toledo Furniture of Stroudsburg. Brodart is still operating its library furnishings building at the park, and will do so for several more months.
First of all, thanks to Brodart for investing through the years in the county and employing many people over the last four decades. Brodart folks have been a pleasure to work with, and they first came here under the auspices of Industrial Development Corporation honcho Harold Sweeney.
Second of all, we are fortunate to have a company like First Quality, which purchased both buildings, and also first started in McElhattan in collaboration with Mr. Sweeney, who the park is named after. The FQ growth is amazing.
-- The state reports that Clinton County had a 3.3% unemployment rate in January. That number is an historically low one. That's the good news. The bad is that people drop off the rolls, etc., and get lost in the shuffle, and aren't counted one way or the other. The 3.3% is a great number, but we should also step back and realize it is more or less an estimate based on certain numbers.
-- Some quick business notes:
Energy Solutions (former Solvay) in Castanea Township is now at 40 employees, and has invested millions at the local site.
Thanks to Berkshire Hathaway Energy (former Dominion near Tamarack) for providing the main tariff so The Record On-line could provide a live stream of the recent Bucktail boys and girls basketball playoff games (cost of live streaming increases when playoff games arrive).
First Quality recently made a generous donation to sponsor some students to participate in the Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week.
Nicholas Meat of Greene Township plans to finish construction on its new, modern day large cattle barn this year. The barn will allow for improved efficiencies and house some 1,000 cattle.
We count four projects in the greater Lock Haven area being built or proposed to be built that includes gas stations.
The hydrogen plant and the large solar field, both proposed for an area near Keating, are moving ahead but have several hurdles to navigate and clear.